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But David told Saul, My lord, I used to feed my father’s flock; and if lion or bear came and carried off one of my rams, (1 Samuel 17, 34)
The Lord, said David, who protected me against lion and bear, will protect me against this Philistine.Why then, said Saul, go, and the Lord be with thee. (1 Samuel 17, 37)
and David, as he girded on a sword over his armour, tried whether he had strength to walk in this unwonted array. Nay, he told Saul, I cannot walk, so clad; it was never my wont. So he disarmed, (1 Samuel 17, 39)
Saul, as he watched him going out to meet the Philistine, had asked the commander of his men, Abner, from what stock this boy came. On thy life, my lord, said Abner, I cannot tell. (1 Samuel 17, 55)
and David fresh from his victory, was taken by Abner into Saul’s presence, still carrying the Philistine’s head with him. (1 Samuel 17, 57)
And when Saul asked of his lineage, David told him, I am the son of thy servant Jesse, the Bethlehemite.✻ (1 Samuel 17, 58)
By the time he had finished speaking with Saul, David’s heart was knit to the heart of Jonathan by a close bond, and Jonathan loved David thenceforward as dearly as his own life. (1 Samuel 18, 1)
It was then that Saul took David into his service, and would not allow him to go back home; (1 Samuel 18, 2)
This way and that David went at Saul’s bidding, and his skill never failed him; when Saul put him at the head of his army, he earned the good will of the whole people, and of Saul’s servants above the rest. (1 Samuel 18, 5)
But when David returned from slaying the Philistine, the women who came out from every part of Israel to meet Saul, singing and dancing merrily with tambour and cymbal, (1 Samuel 18, 6)
matched their music with the refrain, By Saul’s hand a thousand, by David’s ten thousand fell. (1 Samuel 18, 7)
And at this Saul was much displeased; it was no song to win his favour. What, he said, ten thousand for David, and but a thousand for me? What lies now between him and the kingship? (1 Samuel 18, 8)
